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[Uncle Nobs]

Classic X-Men #1-44 reprints Giant Size X-Men #1 & Uncanny X-Men #94-138 with new material with original covers & a new backstory. Early issues of Classic X-Men #1-30 feature "deleted scenes" originally cut in the book's original printing.

DDM makes a point. Feel free to jump in on assignments from previous months. (Hell, I'm still catching up, myself.)

For the current assignment, though, neither Byrne's Alpha Flight nor Casey & Ladronn's Cable are available as reprints. But fret not! Plenty of sites sell them super-cheap. :)

[Uncle Nobs]

I just borrowed Alpha Flight #1-12 from a friend. FREEEEE!

He also bought me Black Kiss & American Flagg, and he loaned me the entire run of Preacher. ...But that's off-topic. I just like to brag.

Man, I still need to pick up the Cable issues and it's only 2 days until conversation opens on the current assignment! Are you guys ready?

[Uncle Nobs]

It's the 21st, which means the school for fools is open once again!

Alpha Flight: Love it? Hate it? Relevant? Dated?

Cable: Could Cable-haters appreciate the retro approach? Did it work? Any surprises?

GO!

[fishtaco]

Alpha Flight (1st Series) #1 was a great first issue. I liked how it started off with a very misfortunate event and by the end of the issue it was resolved as the team reformed, independent of government employment. We finally got to see a much more complex Northstar, Aurora, Shaman, Sasquatch and others. Snowbird and Guardian also shined in this issue. Marrina and Puck were both introduced for the first time too. I didn't like Puck too much in this issue. He was too much of an asshole and he blew things out of proportion. Also, most of the cliches in the dialogue were scenes that revolved around Puck. This is definitely one of the best Northstar issues. Pages 8-11 were very well written and illustrated. I realize that Heather was prominent throughout the issue, but I would have liked to see her in a less mundane role prior to James's death in Alpha Flight (1st Series) #12. Still, she was fun to read about. I enjoyed the fight between Alpha and Tundra, one of the Great Beasts. John Byrne's art didn't lose it's edge after leaving Uncanny X-Men. Too bad that now he's...well, John Byrne...

[DDM]

Alpha Flight (1st Series) #1 was a great first issue. I liked how it started off with a very misfortunate event and by the end of the issue it was resolved as the team reformed, independent of government employment. We finally got to see a much more complex Northstar, Aurora, Shaman, Sasquatch and others. Snowbird and Guardian also shined in this issue. Marrina and Puck were both introduced for the first time too. I didn't like Puck too much in this issue. He was too much of an asshole and he blew things out of proportion. Also, most of the cliches in the dialogue were scenes that revolved around Puck. This is definitely one of the best Northstar issues. Pages 8-11 were very well written and illustrated. I realize that Heather was prominent throughout the issue, but I would have liked to see her in a less mundane role prior to James's death in Alpha Flight (1st Series) #12. Still, she was fun to read about. I enjoyed the fight between Alpha and Tundra, one of the Great Beasts. John Byrne's art didn't lose it's edge after leaving Uncanny X-Men. Too bad that now he's...well, John Byrne...

The man who resurrected Tundra is actually Narya's biological father (time passed differently in the Realm of Northern Gods; therefore, when he returned on Earth years later, his mind snapped). You'll have to read Narya's origin in latter issues of Alpha Flight to understand the poor man's state of mind. However, Narya was raised by Shaman since he played an important role in Narya's birth.

[fishtaco]

Anyone know why Byrne killed off Snowbird? Not that it was a good or bad decision or anything.

[Uncle Nobs]

Man, I tell you what... With the holidays and all, I think we could all use a break. I know I need to save my scratch for gifts and such.

So let's take December off and reconvene in the new year. Give us all some time to catch up or just focus on higher priorities. Maybe we'll even get some new blood up in here.

As usual, I'll update the assignments on the first page.

[DDM]

Anyone know why Byrne killed off Snowbird? Not that it was a good or bad decision or anything.

Bill Mantlo killed off Snowbird. Byrne left the book in Alpha Flight #28. Mantlo was trying to get most or all of the original Alpha Flight exised from the team. Mantlo's team came together by Alpha Flight #51 with Box II, Vindictator II (Heather Hudson), Sasquatch II (Walter Langowski in Snowbird's body now calling herself Wanda), Purple Girl (Purple Man's mutant daughter), plus a few other lesser members.

[Uncle Nobs]

Welcome back, buckos! I hope everyone enjoyed their break.

I wanted to check in with our participants and feel things out, see where everyone is.

Do we need time for people to catch up? Are folks still interested? Are you happy with how this is progressing? If you're sliding into home and you feel a bunch of foam, what is it?

[Sophisticated_Gamer]

Hey NObs long time no see, IM or PM me, we can ketch up, anyhow, can we do some of the new xmen, like 114-whatever, or something like that? What do you think?

[Uncle Nobs]

Hey NObs long time no see, IM or PM me, we can ketch up, anyhow, can we do some of the new xmen, like 114-whatever, or something like that? What do you think?

Note sure about that, S_G. To me, it seems to go against the concept of the thread. Morrison's run is still very fresh in many readers' minds. I think we're looking for older or at least more overlooked work. Sorry to shoot that one down.

What about the rest of you? Should we proceed as planned? Are you still in? Do you still think I'm as pretty as the day we met?

[Sophisticated_Gamer]

What about the Age of Apocalipse? We can have that as our 4 month arc?

[Shane Shooter]

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